In C:/Program Files(x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2017/Community/Common7/IDE/VC/Snippets/1033/Visual C++
Replace else.snippet with:
<?xml version="1.1" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<CodeSnippets xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2005/CodeSnippet">
<CodeSnippet Format="1.0.0">
<Header>
<Title>else</Title>
<Shortcut>else</Shortcut>
<Description>Code snippet for else statement</Description>
<Author>Charles Kelly, remove aggravating auto braces after else.</Author>
</Header>
<Snippet>
</Snippet>
</CodeSnippet>
</CodeSnippets>